Tray attachment for dining chairs



Oct.

A. S. MEHAREY TRAY-ATTACHMENT FOR DINING CHAIRS Filed March 25, 1925Patented Oct. 13, 1925.

AN DREW S. MEHAREY, OF SPRINGDALE, PENNSYLVANIA.

PATENT OFFICE.

TRAY ATTACHMENT FOR DINING CHAIRS.

I Applicatitn filed March 25, 1925, Serial No. 18,170.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that AND EW S. MEHAREY, a.citizen of the United States, residing at Springdale, in the count Y ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, has invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Tray Attachments for Dining Chairs, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an "attachment for chairs, and it has for itsobject to provide a device of a simple and inexpensive nature by virtueof which an ordinary chair may be made to serve the purposes of ahigh-chair.

Further objects and'advantages of the invention will be set forth in thedetailed description which follows.

In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a side elevationof a. chair havingthe attachment applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the structure, and,

Fig. 4 is detailed perspective view of'the attachment with the tray,proper, omitted.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of thedrawing.

Referring to the drawing 5 designates the back, 6 the seat, and 7 thelegs of a chair of ordinary construction. As before stated, theinvention resides more particularly in an attachment for a chair of thischaracter, said attachment comprising a block 8 carrying a depending.threaded stem 9. A plate 10 is threaded upon the stem 9 and carries abinding screw 11 by which the block 8 may be bound upon the seat 6 ofthe chair.

The provision of the threaded stem 9'and plate 10 renders it possible toadjust the clamp constituted by the block and the screw 11 toaccommodate seats of varying thicknesses. The block 8 is verticallybored, as indicated at 12, to receive a rod 13. A set-screw 14 serves tobind this rod in adjusted position. The upper end of rod 13 carries aspider 15, the several arms of which are pierced, as indicated at 16,for the passage of screws 17 by which a tray 18 may be mounted upon therod. The shape of this tray is best illustrated in Fig. 3 from which itwill be seen that its inner edge is of a concave formation, so that if achild be seated upon the seat 6 of the chair and the tray be swung uponthe pivot constituted by the rod 13, to the position illustrated in Fig.3, the rearwardly projecting arms 18 of the tray will partly enclose thechild to prevent it from falling out. l/Vhen the tray is-to be swung,the set-screw 14 is loosened and after the tray has been swung to theposition illustrated in Fig. 3, the setscrew 14: is tightened to holdthe tray securely in. place.

Fromv the foregoing description it will be seen that the attachmentherein. shown and described provides means of a simple and inexpensivenature, by which an ordinary dining chair may be converted into ahighchair, at least to the extent of being provided with a tray whichwill confine a small child and will provide a support upon which food ortoys may be placed.

When the chair is not to be used as a seat for a child the attachmentmay be easily and quickly removed by merely loosening the binding screw11.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the preciseconstruction set forth but that it includes within its purview, whateverchanges fairly come within the terms or the spirit of the appendedclaim.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

An attachment of the character described, for the purpose of convertingan ordinary dining chair into a childs chair, comprising, incombination, a block having a horizontal base portion and an innervertically elongated portion, the whole adapted to lie above the seat ofa chair, a rigid bolt depending from the outer end of the horizontalportion, aplate threaded upon said bolt, a. binding screw carried bysaid plate adapted to engage the underside of the chair seat,

a rod mounted for vertical and horizontal turning movement in thevertically elongated portion of the block, a set screw for binding saidrod in its adjusted position and a horizontal tray having a concaveinner edge, eccentrically mounted upon the upper end of said rod.

In testimony whereof I afiix my si -nature.

' ANDREW s. MEHAItEY.

